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French
Etymology
From besogner + -eux.
Pronunciation
Adjective
besogneux (feminine besogneuse, masculine plural besogneux, feminine plural besogneuses)
- (dated) needy
- Ettore Rocca, "Le Singulier et le besoin de Dieu - chez Kant et Kierkegaard", in Peter Kemp and Karl Verstrynge (eds.), Le singulier: pensées kierkegaardiennes sur l'individu, 29.
L’être humain est un être besogneux. Mieux, il est l’animal le plus besogneux parmi les vivants qui peuplent notre planète.- The human being is a needy being. More so, it is the neediest animal among the living beings who populate our planet.
- hard-working but poorly paid
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